Title :
Bidding in P2P content distribution networks using the lightweight currency paradigm
Author :
Elrufaie, Elharith ; Turner, David A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California State Univ., San Bernardino, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a micropayment-based architecture for P2P content distribution networks using the lightweight currency protocol. Under this architecture, autonomous peers form a dynamic overlay network that evolves as peers buy and sell documents with the lightweight currency protocol (LCP). By adopting a payment-based system, member peers are forced to contribute resources in order to obtain benefits, thus eliminating the free-rider problem. We present a document search mechanism that is based on bidding, with the use of micropayments.
Keywords :
Internet; document handling; electronic money; information retrieval; protocols; P2P content distribution networks; bidding; document search mechanism; dynamic overlay network; free-rider problem; lightweight currency protocol; micropayment-based architecture; payment-based system; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Computer science; Costs; Frequency; Intelligent networks; Internet; Peer to peer computing; Resource management; Web services;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2004. Proceedings. ITCC 2004. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2108-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2004.1286606
